Can quick bursts of exercise boost student therapist fitness?
NCT ID NCT07153523
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether high intensity interval training (HIIT) can improve strength, endurance, and flexibility in physical therapy students better than routine physical therapy. Sixty-six students aged 18-24 will do either HIIT exercises (like burpees and lunges) three times a week for four weeks, or standard therapy. The goal is to see if HIIT offers a time-efficient way to keep future therapists fit for their demanding jobs.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- high intensity interval training
- What this could lead to
- If this works, it could show that HIIT is a time-efficient way for physical therapy students to improve their own fitness, which may help them perform better in clinical work.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study in healthy young students, so results may not apply to other groups. The intervention is short (4 weeks) and may not produce lasting changes.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 66 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 24 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Undergraduate physical therapy students aged 18-24 years. * Both genders male and female * DPT students from 1st to final year Exclusion Criteria: * Students with musculoskeletal pain and injuries. * Any neurological and cardiovascular restrictions. * Any trauma like fracture. * Surgical limitation of range of motion. * Any systemic disease. * Malignant or benign Tumor. * Students who are athletes or doing regular exercise
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Dr Wajeeha Mahmood (PT)
RECRUITINGLahore, Punjab Province, 54600, Pakistan
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Wajeeha
RECRUITINGLahore, Punjab Province, 2301, Pakistan
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